Wow, what a dull session to start the week. If you don’t count the extra Closing Pivot line, the ES never touched a level all session and stuck in a 5 point range without even filling the small gap. NASDAQ volume closed at 1.6 billion shares.

Net ticks: -2 ticks.

As usual, let’s start by taking a look at the ES and NQ with our market directional lines, VWAP, and Comber on the 5-minute chart from today’s session:

ES and NQ Opening and Institutional Range Plays:

ES Opening Range Play triggered short at A and worked enough for a partial:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered short at A and didn’t work, triggered long at B and didn’t work:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES:

Triggered short at A under Closing Pivot at 2101.25 and closed it out 20 minutes later for a 2 tick loss: